We are prepared for Assin North by-election – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is adequately prepared for Tuesday’s by-election in Assin North.

According to the EC, all election materials have arrived in Assin North and will be distributed to the various
polling stations Tuesday morning.

Central Regional Director of the EC, Gladys Pinkrah said this in an interview on Monday.

“We have received all our election materials and have packaged them so early in the morning we will dispatch them to the polling centers. We have also trained our election officials, so we are going to have all the representatives of the political parties, NPP, LPG and NDC at the polling stations before we have deployment,” she stated.

Voters in the Assin North constituency in the Central Region will go to the polls today, Tuesday, June 27, to elect their next representative in Parliament.

Three candidates are vying for the seat: James Gyakye Quayson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and Bernice Enyonam Sefenu of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG).

The Electoral Commission (EC) scheduled the by-election for June 27 following the nullification of the 2020 parliamentary election won by Mr Quayson.

The Supreme Court ordered Parliament to expunge Mr Quayson’s name from its records after it found that he held dual citizenship at the time of filing his nomination forms.

A recent survey by Global Info Analytics shows that Mr. Opoku of the NPP has a slight lead over Mr. Quayson of the NDC.

The survey, which was conducted between June 15 and 20, 2022, found that 46.7% of respondents said they would vote for Mr. Opoku, while 45.6% said they would vote for Mr. Quayson.

The remaining 6.9% of respondents said they were undecided.

 

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